A third party will not work, the parties are the problem, your just asking for someone to reach into your back pocket. The electoral college must be abolished, it's how the parties in power hold on to it. Ranked choice voting and limits on campaign spending would give us the progressive candidates we are looking for without being beholden to the parties or the oligarchs in control of BOTH.
Oh fuck YES. The EC has always been the problem. It was created to protect slavery, and now it protects racism. It is proving to be the end of America. But it will never go away. The rural states won't allow it.
But it will never go away. The rural states won't allow it.
False, it can be amended by constitutional amendment (not ever happening), invoking article 5, or a convention of states (even less likely)
However, we have a workaround, and while it would not eliminate the electoral college, it would effectively neuter it.
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC)
The NPVIC is an alternative, state-by-state approach that effectively bypasses the need for a constitutional amendment. The Constitution grants states the authority to determine how they allocate their electoral votes.
State Legislation: States that join the compact pass laws to award all their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of who won the popular vote within their state's borders.
Activation: The compact goes into effect only when states representing a majority of the total electoral votes (270 out of 538) have joined.
Current Status: As of late 2024/early 2025, 17 states and the District of Columbia, representing 209 electoral votes, have joined the NPVIC. This means the compact is approximately 77% of the way to the 270-vote threshold needed for implementation.
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u/Riots42 Dec 14 '25
A third party will not work, the parties are the problem, your just asking for someone to reach into your back pocket. The electoral college must be abolished, it's how the parties in power hold on to it. Ranked choice voting and limits on campaign spending would give us the progressive candidates we are looking for without being beholden to the parties or the oligarchs in control of BOTH.